RICHARD LLOYD had a rude awakening when he discovered his neighbour's Rover double-parked in his driveway - right on top of his own car.

He was in bed at his home in Bulkington, enjoying a lie-in on his day off, when he heard an enormous crash.

He pulled open the curtains to find his friend's car perched on the roof of his Vauxhall Cavalier.

Mr Lloyd, of Kingsley Crescent, said: "It was 8.30am and it took me a while to realise what I was looking at. I just couldn't work out how it could have happened.

"It was my neighbour who lives across the road and he was sat behind the wheel with the car nose down. I can't imagine what he must have felt sitting there like that."

A passer-by helped the distressed driver out of the car and he was taken to hospital suffering from shock.

Before he went he explained to his neighbour what he thought had gone wrong.

Mr Lloyd, who works at the Whitefriars pub in Gosford Street, Coventry, said: "He had simply popped his car into reverse, but he thinks there must have been some kind of mechanical defect because he couldn't stop it.

"He told me he was desperately trying to brake, but the car just shot back right across the road and crashed into mine. It must have been going at some speed to get up on the roof like that."

Motorists slowed down and stopped to take pictures of the bizarre sight on their mobile phones.

"Even the man from the breakdown company stopped to take a picture so he could show his colleagues," said Mr Lloyd whose car was written off.

The force of the crash pushed Mr Lloyd's car into his front door, damaging the surrounding wall and window.

The pile of rubble under the wheels of his Cavalier are the remains of his gate, wooden gate post and garden wall.

Mr Lloyd and his wife Dawn were hoping to sell their house, but due to the mess think they may put it on hold.

Despite the destruction, the couple are taking it all in their stride.

Mr Lloyd said: "As long as my neighbour is OK the car doesn't matter. We needed an excuse for a new one any way."